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Hello all. Sold my 996.1 over the summer and have upgraded to a 997.1 C2s. I purchased the car on Bring a Trailer, some of you may recognize it as it has some interesting body modifications..
I got the car at a fair price, even with fees and shipping from CA to NY, so I have some room to make it look better, mostly by finding a rear bumper and doing some paintwork. Seller on Bring a Trailer slightly misrepresented the car, forgot to mention the hood was REPAINTED red instead of wrapped like he claimed, along with some other things, but I guess that’s what I get for buying a “cheap” car online.
On the plus, it runs phenomenal, drives how you would expect for a 58k mile Porsche. First order of business is some maintenance, going over the car and making sure everything is good to go for the season. I do 10-12 HPDEs a year so this car will see track time soon.
On a sooner rather than later list:
It looks like he has 0 or maybe slightly positive camber in the rear, will be adding more camber and a more aggressive alignment. I had my 996 with 1.5 degrees in the front and 2 degrees in the rear, handled amazing.
Changing all fluids, inspecting water pump, motor mounts, basic 911 things.
Rear bumper and side skirts have to go. Probably going to go with an OEM rear bumper, maybe a Gt3 but not sure I want to deal with fiberglass.
Painting the hood and trunk oem color, I have the original trunk to the car as well, but don’t mint the front bumper or wing.
Wish me luck! Attaching images of the car below.
I remember seeing this on BAT. Interesting car but the price you got it for was very fair. Good luck and it looks like the car will be in good hands with you.
Yup that is the car. After fees it came out to a touch over 39k. Really can’t complain for the money have lots of room in the budget to fix the aesthetics.
Yup that is the car. After fees it came out to a touch over 39k. Really can’t complain for the money have lots of room in the budget to fix the aesthetics.
It's an "ok" price considering the moderate front-end airbag deployed accident damage on Carfax. and lack of services showing on Carfax since 2017.
Did you perform a PPI prior to purchase? .....If not, before dumping money into the asthetics, I'd get a PPI from a good Porsche Indy shop near you and find out what maintenance needs to be performed.
Probably needs oil change/filters and many items may need replacing like Water Pump/Thermostat/Coils/Plugs/Idler Pulleys & Belt service/Brakes/etc. You'd be surprised how fast the budget can shrink after doing routine and preventitive maintenance.
Last edited by groovzilla; 01-05-2024 at 01:50 PM.
Love the look. Don’t be put off by Goovezilla. He is correct in advising PPI and normal preventative maintenance. Drive it because it is an amazing car and very reliable as long as everything is well maintained.
Previous owner actually had maintenance records which were not in the auction. He did plugs, coils, fluid changes, new pads and rotors. I'll put it on my lift over the weekend, but mechanically I do not see any issue to worry. This is my 5th Porsche, I am not new to fixing them / taking them to HPDE events.
01-04-2024, 02:35 PM
New 997.1 C2s Owner
